He may be in the latter years of his combat sports career, but ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Demetrious Johnson continues to collect accolades in competition.

This past weekend, the American MMA veteran competed in the Pan IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024 and came away with gold in the master two featherweight division and silver in the master two open class division.

Demetrious Johnson’s impressive performance at IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024

It is the second time that Johnson took his talents to the mats in the IBJJF competition. In his debut at the IBJJF World Master Championship last year, he also won gold after winning all six of his matches.

In his latest tournament appearance, he was the top-ranked fighter in his division and bested three other ranked opponents on his way to winning gold.

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He also competed in the open class division, where he was seeded fifth. While the 37-year-old star managed to overcome the second and third-ranked fighters in the bracket, he would ultimately fall short against top-seeded Brandon Paul Gagnon, who won the master 2 heavyweight division.

Johnson’s incredible performance was lauded by renowned MMA podcast personality Ariel Helwani, and he shared the news on his social media page.

In a tweet, Helwani said: “Perhaps what I love most about DJ is he is hands down one of the greatest ever. And yet, here he is on a Sunday in Florida with very few people in attendance just challenging (and at times humbling) himself in new competitive ways, when he really has nothing to prove anymore. And he does it with little pomp, circumstance or drawing attention to himself.”

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“Mighty Mouse’s” likely future in MMA

Johnson has hinted that he may hang up his MMA gloves soon and said that competing in grappling tournaments would be his goal for the rest of his career. With two golds in the sport already, it appears as if the multiple-time MMA World Champion has a bright future ahead.

The door is still open for him to compete in his bread and butter, however. With ONE Championship set to mount events in the United States towards the end of the year, it wouldn’t be surprising to see “Mighty Mouse” return to ONE Championship to headline another event in his home country.

What do you think holds in the future for the ONE Flyweight MMA world champion, Demetrious Johnson? let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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